The purpose of the net is to assist boaters cruising the inside passage of BC and Alaska. Information can be shared between boaters as to anchorages, fishing activities, weather information and general conversation as to location and cruising plans. Although the northern contacts are mostly informal, Darlene and Floyd offer relay of e-mail messages and handle health and welfare traffic on a priority basis. Their e-mail address is wl7cuo@winlink.org. They operate their station every morning. Boaters are welcome to stop by their home. There is no dock but they offer a good mooring buoy and there is a very good anchorage not far away.

At 0700 Alaska time (0800 PDT), VE7KLU, Barbara Hodgson, assumes net control with a somewhat more formal roll call and provides an efficient link for the southern area boats which may be remote to KL0YC. Barbara has been very active with the British Columbia Boaters Net and the Great Northern Boaters Net for several years. She is also an active member of the Northwest Boaters Net. Barbara and husband, Gerry Hodgson (VE7PGT), are well known boaters, having sailed with their sailboat "S. V. Kluane" for over 20 years.

Barbara's e-mail address is kluane3@shaw.ca and her phone number is 250.655.3533 for contacts with family and friends. Their home station is located near Sidney.

Barbara conducts the net year round at 0800 Pacific time daily on 3.870 MHz primarily to keep the frequency for the Spring and Summer months. Boaters and "land stations" are welcome to check in during the winter months.

During the boating season at 0715 Alaska time (0815 PDT) the net moves to 7.285 in the 40 meter band. If that frequency is busy, they will move somewhere in the 7.280 - 7.285 sector. Between the two net control stations, and operation on both 75 and 40 meters, excellent coverage is obtained from central California to western Alaska.